Dr. Ariel Ortiz, M.D.

Bariatric Surgeon

Paseo de los Héroes 9111 #100Zona Urbana RioTijuana, Baja California 22010

Description

Dr. Ariel Ortiz is a General Surgeon with a specialty in bariatric surgery. He has almost two decades of experience in the field of advanced weight loss surgeries. He is double board-certified in general surgery and board-certified in bariatric surgery. He holds two professional licenses: a general medical license, as well as a general surgery license (#2526822). Dr. Ariel Ortiz gained a reputation for excellence early in his career as a bariatric surgeon back in 1997, when only a handful of surgeons achieved a specialty in this field. He is also among the very few surgeons that hold the certificate of Master Surgeon of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery by Surgical Review Corporation.

Dr. Ariel Ortiz served as a consultant training the first surgeons to perform bariatric surgery and traveled and lectured extensively in the United States and Canada. As a consultant for Inamed Medical, he performed bariatric surgeries in over 100 hospitals in the United States, including Cleveland Clinics, University of Chicago Medical Center, Mayo Clinic, UCLA Medical Center, NYU Hospital, Mount Sinai, Lenox Hill, to name just a few

Information

Dr. Ariel Ortiz, M.D.

Bariatric Surgeon

EDUCATION:

Pre-Medical Education
Preparatoria Federal Lazaro Cardenas, Tijuana, Mexico
1980-1983

Medical School
Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Facultad de Medicina
1984-1990

Internship
Hospital Fray Junipero Serra, ISSSTE, Col, 20 Noviembre, Tijuana, Mexico
1990-1991

General Surgery Residency
Hospital IMSS Clinica No.20, La Mesa Tijuana, Mexico
1991-1993

Hospital Regional de Zona, No.1, Centro Médico Nacional del Nororeste, Ciudad Obregón Sonora, Mexico
1994-1997

Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship
Hospital No. 20 IMSS
1997

Bariatric Surgery Training Symposium
Hospital Angeles del Pedregal, Cd. Mexico North-west Training Center, Mexican Social Security Institute, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
1998

CERTIFICATIONS:

Board Certified in General Surgery

Board Certified in Bariatric Surgery

Certification in Bariatric Surgery
Mexican Social Security Institute, Tijuana, Baja California, México Hospital Angeles del Pedregal México, Federal District
1999

LICENSES & REGISTRATIONS:

General Medicine Mexican License Issued 10/08/97 2526822
General Medicine Baja California License Issued 02/00 025555-02/19
General Surgeon Baja California License Issued 03/00 025779-02/19
Mexican License, Ministry of Public Education, General Bureau of Professions, Authorizes the Professional Practice of General Surgery 3181627

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

American College of Surgeons
International Fellow of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Mexican Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Association
American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
International Bariatric Club Communication
Mexican College of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
Baja California Surgeons Association
Northwestern Residents Association
National Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

AWARDS/HONORS:

A.H. Robbins Award of Academic Excellence
Awarded by the President of México, Raul Salinas de Gortari

Surgeon of Excellence in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
Surgical Review Corporation

Master Surgeon in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
Surgical Review Corporation

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